It is generally accepted that Bell did not invent the telephone.

I don't believe the raisin bread one even slightly. People have been adding stuff to bread since it was invented.

I have never eaten soft serve ice cream since I learned that Thatcher had helped invent it and I never will eat it again. (It's vile even without that association though)

The water is below freezing? That would make for interesting surf.

Nothing in the slightest unusual about winter sufring - it happens everywhere there you get waves and winter!